Howard Hanson: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7; Piano Concerto; Mosaics

Howard Hanson (Composer), Gerard Schwarz (Conductor), Seattle Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Carol Rosenberger (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Carol Rosenberger
• Orchestra: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Gerard Schwarz
• Composer: Howard Hanson
• Audio CD (December 11, 1992)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Delos Records
• ASIN: B0000006YF
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #101,406 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Mosaics for orchestra

2. Concerto for piano & orchestra in G, Op 36: Lento molto e molto tranquillo - Allegro deciso

3. Concerto for piano & orchestra in G, Op 36: Allegro feroce, molto ritmico

4. Concerto for piano & orchestra in G, Op 36: Andante molto espressivo

5. Concerto for piano & orchestra in G, Op 36: Allegro giocoso

6. Symphony No. 5, Op 43 'Sinfonia Sacra'

7. Symphony No. 7 'A Sea Symphony': Lo, the unbounded sea (Largamente)

8. Symphony No. 7 'A Sea Symphony': The untold want (Adagio)

9. Symphony No. 7 'A Sea Symphony': Joy, shipmate, joy! (Allegro molto - Molto meno mosso)

Editorial Reviews

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Howard Hanson is one of America's great mid-century composers. His music, like that of Roy Harris, draws its character from the plains, from the pioneer blood that settled that part of the country. Here we have two major symphonies, a piano concerto, and a tone-poem, "Mosaics". These works are at the heart of American Romanticism; his melodies are distinct and tonal, his writing formal. He's not as idiosyncratic as Roy Harris or as buoyant as Copland and his music never went into other areas of 20th- century experimentation. But his symphonies, particularly the Fifth, belong in every collection. --Paul Cook